Wax applying attachment for floor polishers



Jan. 28, 1958 5. J. CARR 2,820,977

WAX APPLYING ATTACHMENT FOR FLOOR POLISHERS m1 Filefi Jan. 11, 1956United States Patent WAX APPLYING ATTACHMENT FOR FLOOR POLISHERS StanleyJ. Carr, Tete Janne, British Columbia, Canada Application January 11,1956, Serial No. 558,537

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-131) My invention relates to wax applying attachmentsfor floor polishers, having more particular reference to a device foruse on a motor driven polisher of a character providing rotatingspindles, and on which the wax applying attachments are designed to beadded.

In the art to which the invention relates electric floor polishers moreusually provide a pair of rotating brushes attached on motor drivenspindles. Such devices require the wax to be applied separately to thesurface to be polished and this is usually done by hand.

The present invention contemplates provision of an attachment to applyover the brushes, as is commonly done in the use of butfing cloths, andby which wax may be applied to a floor.

One of the objects of the invention is accordingly to provide anattachment for a floor polisher of a character using motor drivenbrushes and which is designed to be engaged on the polisher over thebrushes and is adapted for spreading wax on the floor by rotation of thebrushes with the attachment or attachments thereon.

A further object of the invention is to provide such an attachment foruse on the brush carrying spindle of the floor polisher and whichfurther is convenient to load with wax, and is economical in use and tomanufacture.

Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent byreference to the accompanying description taken in conjunction with thedrawings wherein like characters of reference indicate like partsthroughout the several views, and wherein:

Fig. l is a top plan view of a wax applying attachment in accordancewith my invention.

Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of same.

Fig. 3 shows a side edge view partially in section of the attachment,illustrated with the filler opening closed.

Fig. 4 shows an edge view of the attachment with the fabrics spread toshow the filler opening.

Fig. 5 shows a side view of a floor polisher, partly broken away, and towhich the wax applying attachments are adapted to be added.

Fig. 6 shows a top view of the body of the polisher.

Having reference to the drawings, in Figures 5 and 6 is shown a floorpolisher illustrating use of rotating spindles and brushes on thespindles, and it is on these spindles my improved wax applying device isadapted to be attached over the brushes. Such a polisher would provide ahandle 1 pivoted to a body 2 and in which body motor driven spindles 3would be provided on which brushes are adapted to be mounted secured bymeans of catch members or snap fasteners, and on which spindles my waxapplying attachment 4 is adapted to be engaged over the brushes, as iscommon in the use of bufling cloths.

The wax applying attachment consists of upper and lower circular piecesof fabric 5 and 6 stitched together around the edges at 7 and with aninterval in the stitching at 8 to provide a filler opening through whichpaste wax may be inserted between the fabric layers. On the upper fabric5 is a circular reinforcing fabric piece 9 for attachment of a snapfastener 10, such as is common in the art, and by which the wax applyingdevice may be secured on a brush spindle.

The upper layer of fabric in the present showing is of fine mesh toprevent extrusion of the wax and the lower layer is of a coarse meshthat allows wax to work through, and in as much as there is considerablewear on the lower fabric a tough cord fabric is required, preferably anylon or like material that would stand high speed rotation when incontact with the floor.

In the use of the device the wax to be applied is inserted through thefiller opening between the fabrics by means of a spoon or wooden spatulaand the wax attachments mounted or engaged on the spindles of thepolisher. The spindles are then rotated, as in a polishing operation.The fastening means for attachment of the wax applying device could bevaried as required for use of the attachment on any make of polisheremploying rotatable spindles.

The device eliminates the use of a separate wax applier or applicationof the wax by hand. It spreads the wax evenly and is economical in theuse of wax and also to manufacture.

While I have herein disclosed a preferred embodiment of my invention itis obvious that changes in the construction of parts and in the materialemployed would be readily conceivable, and in so far as such changescome within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in theappended claim they would be considered a part hereof.

Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention what I claim and wish to secure by Letters Patent is:

A wax applying attachment for floor polishers of a character providing arotatable spindle and a brush on the spindle, said attachment comprisinga container for the wax having means of attachment of the container onthe spindle bearing against the under side of the brush, said containerconsisting of upper and lower superimposed circular pieces of fabricjoined together at the edges with the exception of a part providing anopening for insertion of wax, the upper fabric having a reinforcingfabric between the spindle attaching means and said upper fabric, andsaid upper fabric being of a material adapted to prevent extrusion ofwax therethrough and the lower fabric being of a material adapted topermit of extrusion of wax therethrough.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Re.21,399 Zimmerman Mar. 12, 1940 1,931,686 Butcher Oct. 24, 1933 1,933,846Finnell Nov. 7, 1933 2,769,994 Sutton Nov. 13, 1956

